President Barack Obama checked out the WNBA's Washington Mystics on Sunday after spending the morning shooting some hoops himself.
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What!!! No rant yet from a right wing nutbag that Obama shouldn't get a Sunday off with his family.
I do not mind him taking a sunday and spending it with his family.What I do mind is he not going to church on sunday,then spending the rest of the day with his family.The man is supposed to be a Christian but he does not attend any sevice at all. He did not even go to church on Christmas Morn. He is definitely not setting a good example for his family and christian America
Obama's actions are so far removed for any type of Christianity, it would be a farce for him to even attend any type of service.
Besides, a day out of the White House is a welcome sigh of relieve from the taxpayers bank accounts. He needs a permanent vacation. Screwing millions of Americans is HARD work.
If Obama is your answer, you need to ask better questions.
Why are you surprised, eveyone knows he's a muslim-a hater of america and cares more about islam then us!! face it he's the anti-well maybe not but fear him!
limbaughger
You're a thalidomide baby, aren't you?
Thank goodness for freedom of speech! This way everyone gets to tell eveyone else how to live their lives, go to church, etc, etc, etc!
right wing nutbag?? geez ..you need to see a Dr. about your anger issues...don't worry it will be ok. the have meds for that.
Thank GOD!!!!!! We have a Pres. that does not go to church every time the door is open....Thank GOD we have a Pres. that is loving , has morals , not just talk family values like these so call sick minded christians, but shows it with his family. I've said before and I'll say it again. PLEASE JESUS COME GET THESE FOOLS
Pres, proves you are way better off not going to these satan churches called christians
lord the country is in the mid of the huge obama depression-people starving and hungry thanks to obama and he cares less if they starve or live-cares more about a basketball game-a truly horrible person how could any of you horrible libs vote for this uncaring godless lib guess if you care more aboutt b-ball and are a low life sucking have your hand out free loading lib-no problem!! truth is sarah has it right =work hard pay your bills- what all us hard work in tea partiers do!!
the sad thing is most of you libs are the total oppisite of the great sarah , your moto is bum and mlk the fed state others -have no clue of paying there own way
"The great Sarah" are you kidding with me. Do you really want someone as a President who cannot even serve as a governor of Alaska? Do you think she can handle being the most powerful person in the world?
Sarah Palin is a just a bait used by Republicans to show that not all Republicans are white males. Also, they want to get the support of the women voters because at the end of the day all politicians care about is being re-elected in their office. They just look for ways to manipluate the minds of the voters. Sarah Palin is wiped by white Republican males who say they have beliefs of the church but actually have committed many crimes that are cannot be forgiven in heaven. Sarah Palin does not know her own beliefs. She asked for something to resign for saying "retard" but then a Republican uses it and it is ok. "The great Sarah" should be referred to as "The retarded Sarah."
Why don't some people just admit the fact that they don't like Obama because of his skin-color? Like seriously, you read about equality in your Bible but you not even follow it. This country was born on the lie that "all men are equal" but we all know that some people are always stuck at the bottom. Here is big tip that will help you live a prosperous life: Learn to have an open-mind.
"Obama played basketball against an Army team at Fort McNair in the District of Columbia."
Perhaps he should focus on playing basketball.
This "President" thing isn't working out so well. Maybe he SHOULD give up his day job.
moderate-2107431 '"The great Sarah" are you kidding with me. Do you really want someone as a President who cannot even serve as a governor of Alaska? Do you think she can handle being the most powerful person in the world?'
She had far more experience at actually running a government than Obama did, and I doubt she could do a worse job than Obama has.
Didn't Nero fiddle while Rome burned?
Wonder who keeps score for him? He can't count,look at the economy.
I think the Wizards won 100 trillion to 90 trillion and Obama said it was a low scoring game.
But Dan F, the Obamas attend the same services every Sunday that St. Ronald Reagan, Miss Nancy, and their Astrologer did (and how Christian is that!)...check it out
I have been paying my own way all my life, and I admire a man that can lift himself up from near poverty and become President of the U.S. He is no more a Muslim than I am. Is it lack of education or hateful stupidity that brings our this kind of nonsense. Let the man do his job and stop the hate.
Lift himself up from poverty????? His grandparents who raised him and sent him to Private school in Hawaii were hardly living in poverty.
President Obamas high school graduated Grandparent's did not own their own home. Working class families sacrifice to educate their children.
The sound of racism is everywhere. The republicans left Obama with a trillion dollar deficit but that don't matter to the racists. They want that @!$%# out of the white house and they want him out now! The next white house occupant will be a white man who will cut taxes for the rich, raise the Military Industrial Complex budget, and run the deficit even higher. Learn to read, write and speak chinese, white guys. Won't be long now.
The deficit was no where near a trillion when Bush left office. obama's spending put it above a trillion. Just keep throwing that crap out there and sooner or later you begin to believe it yourself. Blame Bush, deflect from obama's incompetence.
I would think that a "Christian" is someone who does the right thing for the betterment of human beings. Obama seems to be doing that. Any hypocrite can show up in a church.
Partisan bickering is as ugly as racism anymore. Issues just get lost in all the name calling ,blaming, and squabbling!
"Now, in an unexpected move, Obama has told White House aides that instead of joining a congregation in Washington, D.C., he will follow in George W. Bush's footsteps and make his primary place of worship Evergreen Chapel, the nondenominational church at Camp David."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1907610,00.html#ixzz0vPHVaIzz
Yes, because there is no way he could pick one particular church in D.C. that would please everyone. I've also heard that he regularly has Christian ministers visit the White House for prayer and consultation.
So, no, he does not physically go to a church in D.C. on Sundays.
But he has made his faith a priority for him in many other ways.
Obama's religion, beliefs, and personal life are his own, and should stay that way. His ability to govern is not related to whether or not he is Christian, or Muslim, or Buddhist. Confusing government and religion is the first step to bringing war to this world. Almost every war mankind has known has been due to someone trying to force their beliefs on others.
Let it go. Believe what you want, but please don't force it on your neighbors. If you want a religious role model, look to others who share your belief, not your head of state.
"Almost every war mankind has known has been due to someone trying to force their beliefs on others."
What about the American civil war? The war of 1812? The American revolutionary war? Vietnam, Korean, WWI and WWII? Tibetan independence? Rwandan genocide? etc. etc. etc.
None of those had religious motivations. If you want to document religion based wars, study the Ottomans backwards to the genesis of Islamic caliphates dating from Muhammad.
There was a shameful time in the middle ages where a co-opted Christian church wreaked havoc in Europe and the Middle East, but religion was only the cover. Politics and power mongering were behind the shameful slaughter. The same madness drove the Spanish Inquisition. But since those Middle Ages conflicts, I struggle to be able to remember a single war instigated by Christians with a desire to force Christianity on others. Even Hitler's hatred and slaughter of Jews was not religious-motivated. Again, he co-opted the church to work for his means.
Perhaps your statement should better read, "Every war Islam has made on mankind has been due to them forcing their beliefs on others." You can find many, many examples of Islamic initiated wars of conquest.
The Civil War wasn't a war of one religion against another, but it certainly was a war in which Northern churches took a very strong stance against slavery. And Lincoln
was strongly guided by his Christian faith; just read his letters and speeches.
His handlers have him out shooting hoops to show he is a man of the people - the sports nut people no less...
...while the country is going to h**l in a handbasket...
OK boys, here I am - your loyal opposition who, like 80% of American is not buying into this rookie's image-makers’ second try... at making him a man of the people, a president of the people, a real guy you would like if he lived next door.
Sorry Charlie, not bying, there is NOTHING real about this guy… he is phony, he is a marionette dancing on the lower end of the strings of the Shadow Elite, the New World Order and the country is going straight to h**l under this corrupt administration.
If you want to look out your window watching politicians shooting hoops – knock yourself out… but don’t say I didn’t warn ya… hey, he should have Sherley Sherrod and her hubby out there shooting hoops with him!
Shouldn't Obama worry about what is going on in the world today like did he forget about the war or the oilspill
Shouldn't he have the time to spend with his family on a Sunday and provide his children with a normal life?
Also, the guys he was shooting hoops with are members of the U.S. military.
Yes, I guess he could have had them just stand there and salute him, but I would
imagine it was a nice change of pace for them to be shooting hoops instead.
So, thedoors, would it be better if he was out clearing brush on his fake ranch?
Best wishes to our president. I hope he had a nice Sunday off. He is doing everything he said he would. I'm very proud of him. soon the gulf oil spill will be capped off for good. Forward Mr. President, forward.....4 more years. Oh yes Mr. President, please get rid of the Bush tax cuts. That would clean up a lot of the mess that you inherited. And maybe like President Clinton...we could have balanced budget again. Stay with it.
I think we are all so fortunate to have a brilliant, educated, articulate, thoughtful, man of reason and character leading our country in these economically challenging times. After Bush and the republicans ran the economy into the ground and put us so far into debt, we need a true leader like Mr. Obama to get us out of this mess. Bush was a moron, Cheney lined his pockets through Haliburton no-bid contracts, and eye candy Palin is a professional MILF who lacks brains or character. As a veteran and law-abiding, executive who earned a graduate degree and seeks reason as a way to deal with life, I am very appreciative of our President and very glad he paces himself with breaks from the pressure of leadership of these United States and the world community.
I wish i had as mush free time as our president..
Bet he didn't pay for the tickets..
I'll bet he did. Presidents are required to pay for their own personal expenses.
But, yes, being President did affect the location of the seats.
This is no burden as the POTUS is a pretty high income bracket so paying for a few seats should not break him.
Plus for the most part it is a fine line all POTUS walk when things they do are labelled official business or have an air of that to them then they are paid for not by them.
Born to do it!...hey...whats all that gray in the King's hair?...must be finding out its a lot harder to run a country (in to the ground) than to just vote "present."
It's good to be the President.
It's amazing how smart one can get by going on newsvine. I never knew that Ronald Reagan attended the church with the racist reverand Wright and Obama did for over 20 yrs. I wonder if Reagan also didn't hear all those racist rants at sunday service.
If thats true, he may have...he just never put those things in to play like your messiah...:p
Wow, our president has time to go to one of the most useless sporting events in the world and yet can't take the time to handle the Arizona immigration law.
Oh, he's getting ready to handle it - he's going to sign an amnesty bill while everyone is on August recess. Just like he appointed the Medicare/Medicade director - it was just soooooo important it couldn't wait.
Keep him t
at the Mystics game. At least he cannot screw anything up there.
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